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When there’s a Gold Rush ‘Sell Beer’

29/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Pioneer  24 December 1898, page 38 THE MAYOR AND HIS ESTABLISHMENT “I don’t want no pioneering life, take me back to Collingwood.” This was the strain sung by an Eastern states poet who visited and was disgusted with these fields in the early days. Fortunately for the country, the majority of the old-timers, although […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

The Crown for the Queen of the Murchison

16/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 26 March 1897 Parer’s Crown Hotel, Cue, is one of the most popular resorts for visitors and residents of the town at which to make their home while on the fields. The name of Parer Bros is well known to everyone who has ever been in […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

The Bulletin Hotel – by Henry Lawson

14/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand Which, I’m told is very tony – and its front looks very grand And somehow fell a-thinking of a pub I know so well Of a place in West Australia called The Bulletin Hotel Just a little six-room shanty built of corrugated tin […]

Filed Under: Hotels, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Henry Lawson, Western Australia

Francis Patrick Joseph Moran – pioneer profile

16/10/2021 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The following story has been very kindly shared with us by Philip Moran, Grandson of Frank Moran, and with permission from the Moran family: Francis Patrick Joseph Moran a Life in Summary Francis ‘Frank’ Patrick Joseph MORAN was born on 18 December 1879. He was the son of Francis and Bridget Moran (Marron). He married […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

A Most Prestigious Hotel:

04/09/2021 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

When driving to Perth from Kalgoorlie you may have seen a sign on the left not long after the Yellowdine Road House and before Moorine Rock, directing you to Mt Palmer. But have you ever ventured there??? In 1935 it was thought that Palmers Find (AKA Mt Palmer), 23 miles from Southern Cross, would become […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Mt Palmer, Palmers Find, Southern Cross

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